Low-cost flexible nano-sulfide/carbon composite counter electrode for quantum-dot-sensitized solar cell

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 986-990

  Deng, Minghui ^a   Zhang, Quanxin ^a   Huang, Shuqing ^a   Li, Dongmei ^a   Luo, Yanhong ^a   Shen, Qing ^b,c   Toyoda, Taro ^b   Meng, Qingbo ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRO COMMUNICATIONS   (Japan)

^c JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carbon electrode; CdS CdSe; Composite; Cu 2S; Flexible; Quantum dot; Sensitized solar cell

Indexed keywords

CARBON ELECTRODE; CDS/CDSE; CHARGE TRANSFER RESISTANCE; COUNTER ELECTRODES; DEPOSITION TIME; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTRA; ELECTRODE/ELECTROLYTE INTERFACES; HIGH EFFICIENCY; IN-SITU; PHOTOVOLTAIC CONVERSION; POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS; QUANTUM DOT; QUANTUM DOTS;

CHARGE TRANSFER; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ION EXCHANGE; PLATINUM; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SOLAR CELLS;

ELECTROCHEMICAL ELECTRODES;

EID: 77953024991     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11671-010-9592-3     Document Type: Article

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